"I really like the coaches and what they are doing with the team, especially the lighter weights", stated Bauer when asked about his choice. "The campus is nice, and it is only two hours away from home."
On the wrestling mat Bauer has built an impressive 125-9 record over the last three years. As a freshman he finished second at 103 pounds and was third at 112 as a sophomore for Wheeling Central Catholic. Transferring schools last season and moving up in weight Kyle won the 125 pound title for Wheeling Park.
To continue to develop Bauer has wrestled a national schedule during the off-season. He placed seventh at the 2009 NHSCA Sophomore Nationals and was a gold medalist at the 2009 Disney Duals. This year he placed fourth at FloNationals, went 10-0 at the 2010 NHSCA National Duals and a silver medalist at the Disney Duals.
While Bauer has accomplished a lot in wrestling his academic transcripts are just as impressive with a 4.0 accumulative GPA heading into his senior year. A member of the National Honor Society Kyle scored a 1730 on his SAT to build an outstanding resume as a wrestling recruit.
Starting his senior year knowing where he was going to college was important to Bauer academically and athletically. Making the decision wasn't easy but he chose Kent State over Old Dominion, Cornell, Lehigh, Virginia, Bucknell, and Rutgers.
When asked about his long term goals and what skills he thought would help his success at the next level Bauer was quick to respond, "My neutral wrestling and defense."
Like most high school wrestlers when asked where he wanted to improve the response was just as fast, "On bottom and turning on top."
Bauer will be moving up to 130 pounds for his senior year and he is expected to continue wrestling after his high school season ends. A "probable" redshirt as a true freshman he projects as a 133-141 at Kent State long term. Kyle is the second verbal for the Golden Flashes this summer with the previous commitment of Oak Harbor's Ian Miller.
InterMat was granted permission to republish this article from BuckeyeWrestling.com.
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